Journal box



Aug. 9, 1927.

G. E. McCoyA ET Ax.

JOURNAL BOX Filed Jan. 27, 1927 l Il h JI ln /f) AJ I Patented Aug. 9, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE.-

VG-liIOlEtGIEl E. MCCOY AND ERNEST HAWKER, OF MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA.

` JOURNAL Box.

Application filed January 27, I192'?. Serial No. 164,113.

- illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

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in which Fig. 1 is a transverse section of the vehicle axle and end elevation of the journal box enclosing the same;

Fig. 2 is a detailed sectional View on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 3 is a view. in perspective of a tray for supporting the lubricant container.

1While the invention is applicable to the journal boxes of cars, it is shown in connection with a box of the type commonly used on locomotives. In locomotive practice it is common to locate the journal bearing inside of the wheel, one of its rends being located adjacent to, or actually in contact with, the wheel hub. Y

Such a box, designated in the accompanying drawings by the numeral 10, arches over the axle l1 and is open at the bottom. The journal bearing or brass is represented at 12, and may be of any preferred construction. The lubricant is ordinarily applied by the use of oil-saturated waste, commonly called dope, which is carried in some formof container so Vdisposed within the box that the saturated material is in contact with the lower side of the axle 11, to the end that the bearing surface of the journal may be constantly coated with an oil film;

Difliculty has been found in providing a suitable lubricant container and properly mounting the same within the box so that it will be securely held in proper position for the continuous application of the lubricant to the journal, and the loss of oil prevented should an excess be carried upwardly by the journal. Y

In the present invention the saturated dope, shown at 13, is placed within a container 14,open at the top and having its end walls, as 15, cut away to concave contour, as represented at 16. The width of the box is such that it fits loosely between the side walls .of the box 10, the lower portion being of reduced width, as shown at 17, in order that it may be seated loosely within a supporting` tray 18.

The tray 18 takes the form of an oblong rectangular box, preferably open at one end' as shown in Fig. 3, the upper margin of its side walls being outwardly flanged, as shown at 19, to rest upon instanding upwardly facing shoulders 20 on the side walls of the journal box. The flanges 19 are prolonged beyond the open end of the tray, such extension'being downwardly turned, as shown at 21, to hook over the ends of the shoulders 20, which are adjacent to the wheel hub.

A helical spring 22, resting u on the bottom of the tray, forms a seat or the container 14, and is of suiiicient length to urge it upwardly and insure Contact of the contained dope with the journal 11.

Stop and deiiector plates 23'are applied to the inner faces of the side walls of the journal box and longitudinally thereof, the upper margins of these plates being welded or riveted to the box. Below the attached portion the plates are offset inwardly, as shown at 24, forming stop shoulders for engagement by the upper margins of the side walls of the container and being so positioned as to prevent the actual vengagement ofthe end walls 15 with the journal. The lower instanding shoulders of the plates 23 extend into the chamber of the container, and consequently deflect into the latter any lubricant" which may drip from the bearing 12.

The container 14 being suitably filled with the saturated dope and seated within the tray 18, the two parts are inserted through the open inner end of the box 10, the hook 21 being 'engaged over the shoulders 20, which are adjacent to the hub of the wheels 25,-Vcarebeing taken that the end walls 15 of the container receive between them the plates 23. The contents of the container 14 should extend somewhat above thecut-away portions 16 ofthe container, and the spring 22 insures its Contact with they journal 11.

As the brous contents of the container settles or becomes somewhat impacted,.the container is urged upwardly by the spring 22 until its side wallsengage kthe shoulders 24 of the plates 23. The container 14 is refilled from time to time as may be necessary to insure actual engagement of its contents with the journal.

While the invention has been shown and described in a form suitable for use in connection with a common typeof engine journal boX, it may be applied to other forms of boXes by suitable Changes in shape and dimensions of kthe parts as may be necessary.

We Claim as our invention- 1. A journal box for the axles of railway vehicles having` upwardly facing shoulders on the inner sides of its side walls, a Jray having lateral shoulders for resting upon Athe named box shoulders, a container for oil-carryingmaterial Carried by the tray,

, spring means urging the container upwardly,

and stopsv 'fol preventing the Contact of the walls of the Container with a journal inelosed within the boxA 2. A journal box for the axles o-frailway Vehicles having upwardly facing shoulders on the inner sidesoi:` its side walls, a tray having. lateral shoulders for resting upon the named box shoulders and lugs for engag#V ing the ends of the last-named shoulders. a

container' for oil-carrying material oa'rried by J[he tray, spring means urging the container upwardly, andV stops for preventing the Contact of the walls of the container with a journal inclosed within the box.

3. Aujournal box for the axles `or railand stop and defleotor plates secured o the inner 'faces of the side walls of the jo`ur= nal boxV and projecting' into the Container.

In testimony whereof we our signaV tures. f

esoneri n. Manoir.

ERNEST HAWKER 

